Combined shade-bracket and hanger-arm.



E. B. DAUM.

COMBINED SHADE BRACKET AND HANGER ARM. APPLIOATION FILED mm. '20. 1910.

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COMBINED SHADE-BRACKET AND HANGER-ARM.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed August 20, 1910. Serial No. 578,150.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER B. DAUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedShade-Brackets and Hanger-Arms; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tofigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a combined shade bracket and hanger which isadapted for hanging curtains, shades and curtain poles of difi'erentsorts, combined with a hanger arm from which bird cages and similararticles can be suspended.

The device is adapted to be made from sheet metal and to form a cheapbracket and one in which the hanger arm is adjustable in its extensionfrom the bracket so that the distance of its end from the wall can beregulated.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of a bracket. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof,and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hanger arm of the bracket.

The bracket consists of a main portion 10 which is made of sheet metaland has a right-angled leaf thereon, preferably integral therewith,which is provided with the holes 13 through which the fasteningelements, such as screws or nails, can be driven. The bracket isprovided on its top-edge, near the leaf, with a slot 1 1, or itsequivalent, which is adapted to receive one of the ends of a shaderoller, as will be evident. The horizontal projecting portion 15 of thebracket, which is integral with and in eX- tension to the body portion10, is provided with a raised portion 16 and a post 17 on its end, thebracket being formed, between the raised portion 16 and the post 17 intoa recess 18 which is adapted to receive a curtain pole in the usualmanner of curtain pole brackets, and the post 17, on the end whichprojects above the raised portion 16, forms a means for receiving suchcurtain poles as are provided with perforations diametrically arrangedthrough them, which curtain poles are seated by having these holes orperforations placed over posts on the brackets.

To one side of the horizontal portion 15 is a lip 19 which is bent at aslight distance from and parallel to the horizontal portion 15, and inthe space between the lip 19 and the horizontal portion 15 is seated thebracket arm 20, which bracket arm, on its inner end, has a lip 21 whichin turn cooperates with the bracket arm 20 to receive the horizontalportion 15, and in this way the bracket arm is suspended and it forms astiff structure for maintaining strains on the end of the bracket armdue to the suspension of elements on the end of the bracket arm. Thebracket arm is provided with any suitable form of hook 22 on which thearticles that are to be suspended are adapted to be caught.

This device is cheaply made and the sliding adjustment of the bracketarm is easy and quick and there is enough frictional engagement bet-weenthe lips of the respective parts and the elements that they clasp tohold the bracket arm against accidental sliding or adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A combinedbracket and hanger consisting of a bracket formed of a sheet of metalHaving a right=angled leaf on one end, the leaf being perforated for thereception of nails and the like, the bracket having a horizontal portionterminating in a post, a raised portion on the horizontal portion of thebracket adjacent to the post, the bracket having a recess between theraised portion and the post for the reception of a curtain pole, thebodyportion of the bracket being recessed on its top edge near the leafto receive the end of a shade roller, a lip integral with the horizontalportion of the bracket and near its outer end, the lip projecting fromthe bracket at the bottom edge, ahanger arm adapted to be seated betweenthe horizontal portion of the bracket and its lip, a lip parallel to andsecured to the hanger arm on its inner end and adapted to cooperate withthe hanger arm to receive the horizontal portion of the bracket, andmeans on the outer end of the hanger arm for sus pending an element, thelips being adapted to permit a free sliding movement of the hanger armon the bracket to its limit of movement, the movement being limited bythe lip of the hanger arm engaging the lipcess for the reception of acurtain pole, the

post being adapted to receive a curtain pole of the perforated type, thebody portion of the bracket having a slot in its top edge near the leaffor the reception of the end of a shade roller, a lip integral with thehorizontal portion of the bracket and bent up from its bottom edge intosubstantially parallel relation-with the horizontal portion under theraised portion, a hanger arm formed of sheet metal and having a lipintegral therewith bent up frbm its bottom edge at its inner end, thehanger arm being adapted to be seated between the horizontal portion ofthe V bracket and its lip and to embrace the horizontal portion betweenthe hanger arm and its lip, and a hook on the end of the hanger arm, thelips being adapted to permit a free sliding movement of the hanger armon the bracket to its limit of movement, the move- 7 ment being limitedby the lip of the hanger arm engaging the lip on the bracket.

3. A combined bracket and hanger consisting of a bracket formed of asheet of metal having a right-angled leaf on one end for its attachmentto'a support, the bracket having a horizontal portion terminating in anupwardly turned narrow post adapted to receive a curtain-rod of theperforated type, a raised portion on the horizontal portion of thebracket adjacent to the post, the portion between the post and theraised portion be ing recessed for the reception of a curtain pole, thebody portion of the bracket being recessed on its top edge to receivethe end of a shade-roller, a lip integral with the horizontal portion ofthe bracket and below the raised portion, the lip extending upwardlyfrom the bottom edge of the bracket and parallel therewith to a pointnear its top edge, a hanger arm adapted to rest flat against the bracketand between the bracket and its lip, a lip extending from the bottom ofthe hanger arm at its inner end and eX- tending up parallel with thehanger arm and embracing the bracket, and a hook on the end of thehanger arm for suspending an element.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing,

I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of May 1910.

ELHER B. DAUM.

Witnesses: I

WM. H. OAMFIELD, E. A. PnLL.

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